CDE Lightband's new lines will 'bypass AT&T'

Windstream will service two 10-gig fiber lines designed to keep widespread outages from happening again.

7:07 PM,
Apr. 15, 2014

Mayor Kim McMillan and members of the Clarksville Power Board listen to Giglinx President Marcus Mamolen talk about two recent Internet outages and how two new 10-gig lines will prevent similar incidents in the future.

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Stephanie Ingersoll
Leaf-Chronicle

CDE Lightband said only 10 people canceled their Internet or phone service because of two recent outages that impacted thousands of residential customers and hundreds of businesses across the city.

And after May 15, such disruptions should be nearly impossible, according to the company that handles CDE Lightband's service outside Clarksville.

Giglinx President Marcus Mamolen told those gathered for a special session of the city's Power Board on Tuesday that two separate 10-gig lines will connect CDE to two different wholesale Internet providers after May 15 - and none of those lines ...